Greetings to the wonderful Amazing Drinks community, I hope you are all doing great 馃槉
In recent days, the heat has started to increase in the area where I live. Of course, being surrounded by sea and sand, it's normal here, but there are months when the heat is definitely overwhelming, and all I want is to stay hydrated. I drink more water than usual, and my favorite drinks tend to be those with a tart flavor, and lemon is a must.
For that reason, I decided to make this drink that combines hibiscus flowers (Jamaica flower) with lemon juice, adding plenty of ice to make it truly refreshing and beneficial. We know that both hibiscus flowers and lemon provide many vitamins and have antioxidant properties.
Making this pink lemonade was a great decision because it met my expectations. The flavor turned out to be moderately tart, but that can be fixed by adding a little sweetener. Although I used white sugar, I recommend honey because it has more benefits and also gives this drink a nice flavor. I enjoyed it because I love that it's tangy.
En estos 煤ltimos d铆as el calor ha empezado a aumentar en la zona donde vivo, claro rodeada de mar y arena es lo normal por aqu铆, pero hay meses que definitivamente el calor me resulta abrumador, y lo que me apetece es estar hidratada, tomo m谩s agua de lo normal y mis bebidas preferidas suelen ser las que tienen sabor acido y el lim贸n no puede faltar.
Por esa raz贸n decid铆 hacer esta bebida que combina las flores de hibisco (flor de Jamaica) con el zumo de lim贸n, agregando adem谩s mucho hielo para que esta bebida sea realmente muy refrescante adem谩s de beneficiosa, sabemos que tanto las flores de Jamaica como el lim贸n, aportan muchas vitaminas y tienen propiedades antioxidantes.
Fue muy acertado hacer esta limonada rosa porque llen贸 mis expectativas, el sabor result贸 ser medianamente agrio, pero eso se puede solucionar a帽adiendo un poco de endulzante, aunque yo us茅 az煤car blanca, te recomiendo la miel porque tiene m谩s beneficios y adem谩s le da un buen sabor a esta bebida, yo la disfrut茅 porque me encanta que sea acida.
Are you interested in the recipe? Then let's make it together! 馃槈
-1/2 cup hibiscus flowers
-750 ml water
-125 ml lemon juice
-45 grams sugar
-1 cup ice
-A little more ice for serving, optional
In a pot, bring 750 ml of water to a boil. Once boiling, add half a cup of hibiscus flowers, cover, and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes. After that time, turn off the heat and let the tea cool to room temperature.
En una olla llevamos a cocinar los 750 ml de agua, cuando esta comience a hervir, echamos la media taza de flor de Jamaica, tapamos y dejamos hervir a fuego bajo por 5 minutos, pasado ese tiempo, apagamos el fuego y dejamos reposar nuestro t茅 para que se enfr铆e a temperatura ambiente.
Once our tea has cooled, we pass it through a strainer and then pour it into the blender.
Add the cup of ice, the lemon juice and the sugar; you can use your preferred sweetener. My drink isn't very sweet, so sweeten to your liking.
We blend it and pour it into a juice pitcher or any container you have available.
Our drink is ready to serve! In my case, I served it with lots of ice and garnished it with a slice of lemon 馃槏 Enjoy!
Yields: approximately 1 liter.
I hope you'll try making this drink; it's very refreshing and has many health benefits. See you soon!
Photos are my own, taken and edited with my Tecno Spark 20C phone.
Separators and shapes from Microsoft Word.
Collage used: CollageMaker.
